xxx"When
in doubt, make trouble for your character.
Don't let her stand on the edge of the
pool, dipping her toe. Come up behind
her and give her a good hard shove. That's
my advice to you now. Make trouble for
your character. In life we try to avoid
trouble. We chew on our choices endlessly.
We go to shrinks, we talk to our friends.
In fiction, this is deadly. Protagonists
need to screw up, act impulsively, have
enemies, get into TROUBLE." ~Janet Fitch (1955 - ), American author
of White Oleander, Kicks, and Paint
it Black

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What's
New

Check out this Interview!

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Jessie Chandler and I had some things to say
when we were recently interviewed by Shawn Marie
Bryan

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The crime fiction anthology Jessie Chandler
and I edited was a finalist at the Rainbow Awards.
Yeehaw!

One of the judges wrote:

"I cant say Ive
ever read an anthology where every story was
a complete hit with me, but this one was so
consistently good that I genuinely enjoyed every
story in it. The variety is entertaining, the
brevity a challenge the authors rose to, and
the theme has interpretations both lighthearted
and serious that worked equally well. One of
the better anthos Ive read."

We've got a new anthology coming out
in Fall 2016 called Time's Rainbow:
Writing Ourselves Back into American
History. Kit Moss and I have collaborated
on the editing, and we have some great
stories from wonderful authors.

American Library Assoc. reviewer
Sue Hardesty included my Gun books in a round-up
of "Ten Mystery Romance Series with Lesbian
Sleuths." I know some of the other authors
as well, such as Lynn Ames, Jessie Chandler,
Elizabeth Sims, Erica Abbot, Rose Beecham,
and RE Bradshaw.

Great review for EIGHT DATES at Lambda Literary
- CLICK
HERE to read it. I'm thrilled that that
Anna Furtado, in part, wrote: "Telling
a story in first person while keeping it fresh
and exciting to the reader is a difficult task
for any writer, but Lake accomplishes this undertaking
masterfullyand does it with both style
and wit. There are laugh-out-loud moments in
this story as well as scenes filled with poignancy,
honesty and tenderness. This offering by Lori
Lake is quirky, funny, and refreshingly real."

Hurray for such a nice review!

Updated 11/2/14

The Romances!

Three of the four romances
are on sale for Kindle right now.CLICK
HERE to check it out!

Updated 10/25/14

Review for EIGHT DATES

Check out the review for EIGHT DATES that Terry
Baker did here.
I'm glad that she found it funny and a "nicely
written and well edited comedy/romance"!

Updated 9/2/14

Reading JUMP THE GUN at Lizzie's Bedtime
Stories

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A while back, I was a guest on Liz McMullen's
radio show. She's now posted the audio
of me reading the first chapter from
the Jump The Gun.

CLICK
HERE to listen to the interview
Liz McMullen did with me. I really enjoyed
the format and the conversation with
Liz. We ranged far and wide!

Updated
3/23/14

New Book of Stories about Anti-Bullying

I've got a story in Coming
Together: For Equality, a
collection of fiction with an
anti-bullying theme edited by
Beth Wylde. Proceeds benefit the
Planting
Peace-Equality House, a rainbow-colored
house representing compassion,
peace, and positive change where
human rights and bully prevention
initiatives are launched. CLICK
HERE to read an excerpt!

Updated
3/16/14

Interview at AJ Adaire's Blog

AJ Adaire interviewed me at her terrific
blog.CLICK
HERE to read about why I love
Anamaria Marinca, how come my next book
(Eight Dates) is a big departure
for me, and why it took me fifteen years
to be an "overnight success."

Updated
1/28/14

A Very Public Eye is a Rainbow
Award Winner!

I just found out that my Leona
Reese novel, A Very Public
Eye, won the Rainbow Award
in the Lesbian Mystery/Thriller
category! Jump the Gun garnered
a runner-up nod. CLICK
HERE to see all the great
books that won or were runners-up
in Elisa Rolle's Rainbow Awards.
(You will have to scroll down
a bit past judge and publisher
names.)

Updated
12/8/13

Review at Curve Magazine

The Bookgeek at Curve has done
a bang-up review of Snow Moon
Rising, my novel set during
WWII.

One of my favorite people on the planet
and a great mystery writer, Ellen Hart,
with me at Once Upon a Crime Mystery Bookstore
in Minneapolis

Updated
8/18/13

I finally got to meet Jean Auel!

At the annual Oregon Writers Colony
Founders Day at Rockaway Beach's Colonyhouse,
I served up a cup of coffee to a woman
- and it turned out to be Jean Auel!
Later I facilitated a fiction discussion
group, and Jean joined in and was a
wealth of information and humor. Woweeeee---what
a day!

Updated
08/06/13

Lee Lynch talks with me in THE ADVOCATE
on "Lesbian Mystery, Police Raids,
and Fairy Godmothers"

I had the great honor of doing an Advocate
conversation with award-winning GCLS
Trailblazer Lee Lynch.

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E-Books
at
Bella Distribution

The gals at Bella carry books by an
enormous variety of authors, and they're distributing
my eBooks and print books. CLICK
HERE to get the books in Mobi and ePub formats.

Kobo
E-Books

Kobo Ebooks also carries LGBT books
by a variety of authors. CLICK
HERE to get my books for the Kobo eReader.

Kindle
E-Books

Amazon.com carries my books in the
Kindle E-Book format. CLICK
HERE to purchase novels and short story
collections for your Kindle eReader.

A.J. Llewellyn at Dark Diva's Blog did an extensive
interview with me. CLICK
HERE to find out all my deep dark secrets.
The interview shows up on the March 4 entry.

VIDEO
INTERVIEW
- With Jody Seay, the amazing interviewer at
Oregon PBS's "Back Page" program,
who sat down and talked to me for her weekly
TV program with Pacific NW writers

CLICK
HERE - for the interview with author
Jae who has written so many wonderful novels

CLICK
HERE to read an interesting discussion
in the "Spotlight Interview" section
that the gals at Ylva have been doing

Earl Kemp's online 'zine, eI, has featured
a memoir piece I wrote called "There
is No Reason Not To Trust that the Act of Writing
Will Be Enough."CLICK
HERE if you'd like to read it.

MYSTERICAL-Efeatured a long interview with me about
writing, creativity, book themes, etc. There
are several great stories featured in this issue
as well as other podcasts and interviews by
a variety of terrific authors.

GUN
BLOGS

I wrote three lengthy blogs at Lee Lofland's
site, The Graveyard Shift, about firearms,
law enforcement, and weaponry for PIs, cops, sleuths,
and bad guys. Click on the parts below to read. Check
these out: